Still very small of brain

[annathepiper]

I just skimmed over the last 300 entries on my Friends list, because I haven't been able to pay much attention at all to Livejournal over the last several days. Between being eaten by the Great Mail Migration of 2008, work being absolutely batshit, and radiation fatigue, I haven't had much leftover brain for reading the Intarwebz.

However, I will extend big ol' albeit belated congratulations to mizkit for her shiny new comic book contract!

I will also express general appreciation for good music to listen to. I've recently purchased Choice Language by Capercaillie, since they'd come recommended to me--and kathrynt has loaned me another album of theirs, and technoshaman and cflute loaned me a third. I definitely like these folks; I'll be buying more of their albums.

Same notation for the Waifs. I'd been wanting to buy something by them for a while, since they were an opening act for GBS once, and I liked them at that show. So I've picked up their album Up All Night, which was the album they'd had out at the time of that show. A decent listen, somewhere between folk and rock and country, and it's fun hearing that sort of music sung with a strong Aussie accent. I'll be looking for more of their stuff too.

technoshaman and cflute loaned me several other things to listen to as well, but I'm still working my way through those. However, I've gotten to enough of that music to know that I need me some more Captain Tractor, too.

Also, outtakes of series 2 of new Doctor FTW! The annoyance of having to work today was lessened considerably by playing the first three episodes of Tennant's first season, along with the various extras on the first disc. I'll need to take my time watching the rest, I want to pace myself. <3

I have to work again tomorrow, writing test cases, which is also annoying. But more Doctor Who is likely! So not much LJ likely for me tomorrow either. Anybody got anything they'd like to share with me, fling a comment my direction!

Comments

[angharads-house.livejournal.com]

probably forgot to mention this earlier -- niacin supplements helped me deal with radiation effects. take with lots of water, most important now that your body is trying to clear radiolytic metabolites.

worked for me, anyway ^_^

[annathepiper]

Duly noted! My doctor suggested I bump up my D3 intake tonight, so when I stopped and got some of that, I picked up some niacin too. How will this be helpful?

[angharads-house.livejournal.com]

Apologies for slow reply. I had my first round for the lymphoma yesterday after work and (wisely, I guess) went to bed afterwards.

Niacin is really important for neurological function (sez my oncologist, 'tho I cannot find anything directly relevant in the literature) -- backstory is that last time I had had radiation I had complained of post-radiation fuzziness. I'm usually sharp upstairs but I'd turned into more of a brain-tired muffin. Anyway, it woke me right up, and as a bonus I got lots of extra lovely colour in cheeks (good old British peaches and cream effect, y'know). I don't know if this is connected with the common (up-here at least) prescription of niacin to heavy-duty alcoholics.

Water benefit is pretty self-explanatory for flushing things.

D3 benefit? Don't know, maybe that's for seasonal deficit in UV exposure?

Anyway, good luck with zappification. I have four more lymphoma rounds and then I am so done, don't propose to ever have to see lovely oncological staff again. That's generally the whole idea, yeah?

Off to work,
herself the dusty wretch in the blue coveralls

[annathepiper]

The niacin specifically was what I was asking about--though, looking that up on Wikipedia last night, I realized that this was certainly in the category of Stuff I Should Have Damn Well Known Already. I surely must have learned at some point that niacin==vitamin B3, but I didn't remember it!

Anyway, I bought some of it as well as vitamin D3 last night on my way home and took some of both along with my regular evening vitamin and stuff. So we'll see how that helps. Thanks for your ongoing advice, it is very much appreciated!

And good luck dealing with the lymphoma. Hang in there!

[angharads-house.livejournal.com]

Heya, no hay problema, glad to share the stuff that works and flag the stuff that didn't. We have a nice little tea-circle (i.e. women's C support group) up here in the village, and most of us are doing okay although we've lost a few along the way.

I kept taking the niacin and it really does seem to help. Haven't dared try the DMAE/DMEA whatever yet (and yes, do have that written down somewhere) since one change in input per any given time is about right. Good scientific method, applied to self just like I would do at work with the process-control system.

Going to beat the lyphoma, have already decided that. And you go ahead and get rid of that bffn, okeh?

[annathepiper]

That's the plan! ^_^

I actually felt pretty good today, so I'm tentatively hopeful about throwing D3 and Niacin into the system. We'll see if my good energy levels keep up through the week!

Glad to hear you have a good local support group. That's invaluable.